What is the Reality?

No doubt, Gita was popular since ancient times. Today there is hardly any major language in the world, in which Gita has not been translated. Now the questions arises

Why do all people of the world not accept Gita to be the scripture of God’s versions?

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan in his book on Gita had written “we do not know the name of the author of the Gita; so also the names of the authors of almost all ancient books of Bharat are unknown.”

Similarly, Swamy Vivekananda had written at one place --- “ there are several doubts about the personality of Krishna......... due to these reasons, one can reach definite conclusion that during the great war of Mahabharat some other divine, rather supreme being had incarnated and imparted this divine knowledge from which an eleveated society was established in this world.”

Similarly, Mahatma Gandhi writes – “ Krishna of Gita is pure and complete knowledgeable, but is imaginary. There is no denial of divine incarnation called Krishna; but the entire story of Krishna is an imagination. The incarnation has obviously occurred subsequently.”

Few further questions have arises while reading Gita and Mahabharat:

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When God had incarnated in order to establish a righteous religion; is it possible He gave this knowledge only to Arjuna?

If this knowledge was given in the battlefield, then how was it conveyed to others?

In Gita, God has emphasized on non-violence. Then can it be true that the same God had caused a violent war like Mahabharata to take place?

Swamy Vivekananda raised another question – “can it be possible to have elaborate discussion on subjects of Gyan, Bhakti, Yoga etc., in the battlefield where such huge armies are poised for fighting? Was there any person who could record in shorthand every word uttered in the din of the battlefield? Some people are of the opinion that this battle is a metaphor for the subtle battle going on within the minds of people against evil tendencies, and this battle has been projected as a gross battle.........”

Similarly, Mahatma Gandhi says – “When I had the first glimpse of Gita, it was felt that it was not a historical book, but in it the boxing bouts caused by vices going on continually within the mind of people have been described. The human warriors have been created to make this subtle fighting within the mind interesting. The first impression has been re-inforced after due contemplation on religion and Gita...

After reading Mahabharat, this opinion has become conclusive. It is not possible to create an epic like Gita in order to decide about the propriety or impropriety of ordinary family conflicts..........”

It is said that the knowledge of Gita was given at the end of Dwapar Yug. Then, the question arises, how could Kaliyug come up after the impartation of Gita Gyan and establishment of new righteous religion?